Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0950 - control-center bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

control-center bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated control-center packages that fix one bug and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The control-center packages contain various configuration utilities for the GNOME desktop. These utilities allow the user to configure accessibility options, desktop fonts, keyboard and mouse properties, sound setup, desktop theme and background, user interface properties, screen resolution, and other settings.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previous versions of the control-center package contained gnome-at-mobility, a script that requires a software component that is not distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 nor is present in any of the available channels. With this update, the non-functional gnome-at-mobility script has been removed and is no longer distributed as part of the control-center package. (BZ#771600)

As well, this update adds the following enhancements:

  • The background configuration tool now uses the XDG Base Directory Specification to determine where to store its data file. By default, this file is located at ~/.config/gnome-control-center/backgrounds.xml. Users can change the ~/.config/ prefix by setting the XDG_DATA_HOME environment variable, or set the GNOMECC_USE_OLD_BG_PATH environment variable to 1 to restore the old behavior and use the ~/.gnome2/backgrounds.xml file. (BZ#524942)

  • The control-center-extra package now includes a GNOME Control Center shell. This shell provides a user interface for launching the various Control Center utilities. (BZ#632680)

  • The GNOME Control Center now provides a configuration utility for Wacom graphics tablets, which replaces the wacompl utility. (BZ#769465, BZ#801363)

All users of control-center are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • control-center-debuginfo-2.28.1-37.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • control-center-devel-2.28.1-37.el6.s390.rpm
  • control-center-filesystem-2.28.1-37.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • control-center-debuginfo-2.28.1-37.el6.s390x.rpm
  • control-center-devel-2.28.1-37.el6.s390x.rpm
  • control-center-2.28.1-37.el6.s390x.rpm
  • control-center-debuginfo-2.28.1-37.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • control-center-2.28.1-37.el6.s390.rpm
  • control-center-filesystem-2.28.1-37.el6.s390x.rpm
  • control-center-extra-2.28.1-37.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • control-center-2.28.1-37.el6.src.rpm
  • control-center-debuginfo-2.28.1-37.el6.ppc.rpm
  • control-center-2.28.1-37.el6.i686.rpm
  • control-center-filesystem-2.28.1-37.el6.i686.rpm
  • control-center-devel-2.28.1-37.el6.i686.rpm
  • control-center-devel-2.28.1-37.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • control-center-debuginfo-2.28.1-37.el6.i686.rpm
  • control-center-filesystem-2.28.1-37.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • control-center-devel-2.28.1-37.el6.ppc.rpm
  • control-center-extra-2.28.1-37.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • control-center-2.28.1-37.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • control-center-debuginfo-2.28.1-37.el6.s390.rpm
  • control-center-extra-2.28.1-37.el6.s390x.rpm
  • control-center-devel-2.28.1-37.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • control-center-2.28.1-37.el6.ppc.rpm
  • control-center-2.28.1-37.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • control-center-extra-2.28.1-37.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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